---
name: "Charles Downs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-downs"
fi1m_id: "charles-downs"
imdb_id: "nm0236160"
tmdb_id: 1562884
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 October 1893"
died: "30 August 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:49:23.847801+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Downs

## Identity

Charles Downs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-downs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-downs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0236160
- **TMDB ID:** 1562884
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562884

Cinematographer. Born 14 October 1893 in New York, USA. Died 30 August 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 October 1893, New York, USA
- **Died:** 30 August 1963
- **Also known as:** Charles W. Downs Sr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562884

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Way Down East*](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md) (78)

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## Biography

Charles Downs was an American cinematographer active from the silent era into the mid-20th century. He received an uncredited cinematography credit on D. W. Griffith's *Way Down East* (1920) and worked as director of photography on several early 1920s features, including *The Girl from Porcupine* (1921), *The Broken Silence* (1922) and *Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers* (1923).

Downs was born on 14 October 1893 in New York and died there on 30 August 1963. Later credits include photography on *Catskill Honeymoon* (1950).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Way Down East* (1920), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Naked Road* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Catskill Honeymoon* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers* (1923), Camera Operator
- *The Broken Silence* (1922), Director of Photography
- *The Girl from Porcupine* (1921), Cinematography
- *Way Down East* (1920), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md)

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